Resources

Research & Audit Conference 2011

Presentations from the conference can be downloaded below:

• The Benefits of Coding for Audit
  Keynote speaker: Dr Jean Karl Soler, Malta College of Family Doctors & Wonca World Council Member
• Making ICPC-2 Work in Your Practice
  Dr Jean Karl Soler, Malta College of Family Doctors & Wonca World Council Member
• The Practicalities of Doing an Audit
  Dr Ian Callanan, Clinical Audit Facilitator, St Vincent's Healthcare Group and member of the Professional Competence Schemes Working Group of the Medical Council.
• Best Research Practice
  Dr Siobhan Gaynor, Senior Associate, Irish Clinical Research Infrastructure Network

Research & Audit Topics

There are of course many possible research and audit topics within general practice. Below, we have provided some links, which might help you in selecting a project:

• http://www.icgp.ie/library_catalogue/index.cfm/event/catalogue.list.research.html
• http://www.egprn.org/images/Research%20Agenda%20for%20General%20Practice_Family%20Medicine.pdf
• http://www.woncaeurope.org/Web%20documents/EGPRN/EGPRN%20Family%20Practice%202004.pdf
• http://www.gprf.mrc.ac.uk/research.html
• http://www.gp-training.net/audit/index.htm 
• http://gp.cf.ac.uk/all_about_audit.htm
• http://www.nice.org.uk/usingguidance/implementationtools/auditcriteria.jsp

Documents

 Irish Resources on the Web (Irish_Resources_on_the_Web.pdf | 32 KB)

So many of the resources available on the web are US and UK based. So where can you go to find reliable Irish information to use in clinical practice or research? In this article, we explore some of the Irish web sites that contain information relevant to general practice in Ireland.

 

 ICGP Research Guide (Version 1; 2008) (ICGP_Research_Guide_Version_1_2008.pdf | 261 KB)

A research guide (version 1; 2008) has been written, which provides a resource manual for those considering/engaging in research in general practice.

 

 ICGP Research Consent Form (Template_ICGP_Research_Consent_Form.doc | 37 KB)

 

 ICGP Research Agent Nomination Form (Template_ICGP_Agent_Nomination_Form.doc | 35 KB)

 

 ICGP Research Information Leaflet (Template_ICGP_information_leaflet.doc | 42 KB)

 

 Health Well (Health_Well.pdf | 109 KB)

The Health Well is a unique all-island health information website that promotes health and wellbeing by supporting evidence-informed decision making.

 

 ICPC-2 – English International Classification of Primary Care – 2nd Edition (ICPC_-2-R_coding_Chart.pdf | 78 KB)

Wonca International Classification Committee (WICC)